Video: A giggling Charlie Rose plays a racing game…

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Watched by Matt on April 6 2010:

A giggling Charlie Rose plays a racing game on the iPad. “This is fun, even at my age.” Hulu clip not working? You can view the show at CharlieRose.com (this clip starts at 8:25 in).

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10 comments so far

Chuck 06 Apr 10

Display as steering-wheel doesn’t work for me. It’s neither realistic nor particularly intuitive or fun. And it makes you crane your head.

Brannan 06 Apr 10

It’s fun watching old people interact with technology (when you’re not having to assist, which hopefully with the iPad will become a more common occurrence).

I have to disagree with Chuck. Most of the time with these accelerometer-based racing games, the graphics adjust to remain level as you rotate the device. It’s actually pretty intuitive. More so than clicky controllers with buttons, in my opinion.

kadavy 06 Apr 10

“Not done very well, but a lot of fun.”

HAHA , what a grump!

MikeTek 06 Apr 10

I didn’t realize Charlie did infomercials.

David Chouinard 06 Apr 10

“What’s interesting is that there’s no mouse here. It’s all contained in this 1.5 pounds tablet.”

--Josh 06 Apr 10

Sadly, I can’t watch it on my iPad. First thing i’ve come across where the lack of flash was noticed. Oh well :).

mark 07 Apr 10

Glad I’m not the only one to see it’s hyper ironic that this video can’t actually be viewed on an iPad, neither here or at charlierose.com

de dude 07 Apr 10

Video did not work outside of US. . boring.

Deltaplan 07 Apr 10

It’s so logical to post a video about the iPad on a service that is only available in the US, since for the rest of the world, the iPad is not supposed to exist yet.

The USA probably fears a rush of techno-refugees in the next days if the coolness of the iPad was to be revealed to the other countries… It’s much better to let all these people believe the iPad is just another useless gizmo, it’s for their own good.

Chad 09 Apr 10

I don’t have an iPhone or any other useless gadget. However, while the iPad definitely can be useless, it is going to be a huge asset for my customers. Personally, I’m stoked.